Jim Shattuck – DPR
Gary Leslie - CDFA
DPR
Joe Marade: 916-445-3906
CDFA (Interim)
Gary Leslie: 916-403-6700
 Purpose of exam
 Oral exam schedule and panel makeup
 Deputy –vs- Commissioner/Sealer answer expectations
 Preparing and finding Information
 Interview conduct
 Feedback and appeal process
Note: These are suggested study topics only. Questions on
other subject areas, as detailed in exam bulletins, may be
included in the exam.
 Commissioner/Sealer areas of responsibility
 Mission Statement and organization of CDFA and DPR
 State and County roles and relationships
 CACASA committees and general roles
 Current events, news releases, bulletins, etc.
 Legislative bill process
 State contract and cooperative agreement processes
 Strategies for public outreach and responding to media
inquiries
 Ethical conduct, conflict resolution, and political
acumen
 Resolving conflict between state and county policies
 County role in administrative penalty actions
 Soil fumigant label changes and fumigant
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management plans.
Restricted materials permits, CEQA functional
equivalency, and restricted material permit appeals
process.
Pesticide Use Enforcement Program planning
guidance for CAC work plans and performance
evaluations
Integrated Pest Management Grants
2013 Rulemaking Calendar/Rulemaking Issues
Second generation rodenticides
 Mill assessment regulation and disbursement
 Cal Ag Permits
 January 2012 DPR Reducing Pesticide Use in Urban
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Landscape and Child Daycare Centers
Federal/State and County complaint resolution
coordination (Human illness, property loss,
environmental, etc.)
U.S. EPA/DPR/CACASA Cooperative Agreement related to
priority investigations
California Aeration Plan (CAP) – Spring 2013 version
Summary of 2011 State Residue Report findings (DPR
website)
 Direct marketing ad hoc working group.
 Annual financial statements/maintenance of effort
(Unclaimed Gas Tax disbursement)
 Components of California’s Pest Prevention System
 County role in ongoing pest detection programs
 County role in responding to new pest infestations and
eradication projects
 Current and on-going State/County /Federal
cooperative pest eradication or control programs in
California
 Developing regulation proposals for adoption by the
NCWM
 DMS Policy and Procedural Guidelines
 Legislation changes (recent and proposed) pertaining
to DMS
 DMS Consortium.
 Relationship between County Sealers and DMS
 NIST and NCWM Functions/Purpose